Rose Man of Sing Sing
A True Tale of Life, Murder, and Redemption in the Age of Yellow Journalism
Today, seventy-three years after his death, journalists still tell tales of Charles E. Chapin. As city editor of PulitzerGCOs New York Evening World , Chapin was the model of the take-no-prisoners newsroom tyrant: he drove reporters relentlesslyGCoand kept his paper in the center ring of the circus of big-city journalism. From the Harry K. Thaw trial to the sinking of the Titanic , Chapin set the pace for the evening press, the CNN of the pre-electronic world of journalism. In 1918, at the pinnacle of fame, ChapinGs world collapsed. Facing financial ruin, sunk in depression, he decided to kill himself and his beloved wife Nellie. On a quiet S…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8232-3859-0
- EAN: 9780823238590
- Produktnummer: 22572151
- Verlag: Fordham University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 470 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 4'056 KB
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